active
— Adjective
– English
～ disposed to take action or effectuate change; "a director who takes an active interest in corporate operations"; "an active antagonism"; "he was active in drawing attention to their grievances"
active
— Adjective
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～ characterized by energetic activity; "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action"
active
— Adjective
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～ exerting influence or producing a change or effect; "an active ingredient"
active
— Adjective
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～ taking part in an activity; "an active member of the club"; "he was politically active"; "the participating organizations"
active
— Adjective
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～ tending to become more severe or wider in scope; "active tuberculosis"
active
— Adjective
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～ (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt; "active volcanos"
active
— Adjective
– English
～ (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being
active
— Adjective
– English
～ (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting
active
— Adjective
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～ (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
active
— Adjective
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～ expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions"
active
— Adjective
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～ full of activity or engaged in continuous activity; "an active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account"
active
— Noun
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～ chemical agent capable of activity
active
— Noun
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～ the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice"
active
— Noun
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～ a person who is a participating member of an organization; "the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees"
actively
— Adverb
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～ in an active manner; "he participated actively in the war"
activeness
— Noun
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～ the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically; "the level of activity declines with age"
activeness
— Noun
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～ the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"
activewear
— Noun
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～ attire worn for sport or for casual wear
activism
— Noun
– English
～ a policy of taking direct action to achieve a political or social goal
activist
— Adjective
– English
～ advocating or engaged in activism